AU7617900A - System and method for controlling effluents in treatment systems - Google Patents

System and method for controlling effluents in treatment systems

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AU7617900A
AU7617900A AU76179/00A AU7617900A AU7617900A AU 7617900 A AU7617900 A AU 7617900A AU 76179/00 A AU76179/00 A AU 76179/00A AU 7617900 A AU7617900 A AU 7617900A AU 7617900 A AU7617900 A AU 7617900A
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Jerald L. Schnoor
Sanjay S. Singhvi
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University of Iowa Research Foundation UIRF
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02FTREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/52Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities
    • C02F1/5209Regulation methods for flocculation or precipitation
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02FTREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/008Control or steering systems not provided for elsewhere in subclass C02F
    • GPHYSICS
    • G05CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05BCONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B13/00Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion
    • G05B13/02Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
    • G05B13/0265Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric the criterion being a learning criterion
    • G05B13/027Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric the criterion being a learning criterion using neural networks only
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02FTREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/52Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02FTREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F5/00Softening water; Preventing scale; Adding scale preventatives or scale removers to water, e.g. adding sequestering agents

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  • Evolutionary Computation (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Separation Of Suspended Particles By Flocculating Agents (AREA)
AU76179/00A 1999-09-29 2000-09-27 System and method for controlling effluents in treatment systems Abandoned AU7617900A (en)

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US15659199P 1999-09-29 1999-09-29
US60156591 1999-09-29
US09414074 1999-10-07
US09/414,074 US6408227B1 (en) 1999-09-29 1999-10-07 System and method for controlling effluents in treatment systems
PCT/US2000/026452 WO2001023966A1 (en) 1999-09-29 2000-09-27 System and method for controlling effluents in treatment systems

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